These daily logs detail some of the many dead and wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, both military and civilian, of all nationalities. We are not aware of any source that authoritatively and consistently compiles or counts these kinds of reports.

Note: These news reports overlap in some cases. We've done our best to count a casualty only once. Where vague reports suggest "many" "some" or "several" we count a minimum of 2. These logs were compiled by Evan D. The following news links were compiled by Evan D.

Note:  Our hearts go out to the people of Israel and Lebanon as they suffer through the terrible recent violence there.  We regret we do not have time to track the death and mayhem there.  Like the prayers of so many others, our prayers are vague and faceless: God be with them all. (For detailed daily news updates on the Middle East, try the blog, News About the Middle East.)

In the news on Saturday, August 12, 2006 SUMMARY - ALL IN A SINGLE DAY	DEAD	WOUNDED	TOTAL CASUALTIES
Iraqis	70	35
Coalition in Iraq	2	0
Afghanis	1	1
Coalition in Afghanistan	1	4
ALL CASUALTIES, BOTH WARS	74	40	114
IRAQ LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	IRAQI DEAD	IRAQI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
Saturday, August 12, 2006
IRAQ
Baghdad:
#1: U.S. forces raided a funeral gathering and detained 60 men suspected of links with an al-Qaida cell blamed for a spate of car bomb attacks in Baghdad, the U.S. command said Saturday. A statement by the U.S. military said the arrests were made Friday in Arab Jabour, a southern neighborhood of Baghdad and a stronghold of Sunni insurgents.
#2: Iraqi forces killed eight suspected militants and arrested seven others in the Um al-Maalif district of southern Baghdad, the Department of Defence said in a statement. It said 12 other suspects were detained in a separate raid in Amiriya, west Baghdad, and that a further 35 had been rounded up by Iraqi security forces elsewhere in the country over the last 24 hours.	8
#3: Two civilians killed and three wounded in a roadside bomb attack aimed at a police patrol in central Baghdad, police said. The attack took place on one of the city's main highways.	2	3
Eyewitnesses told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that an explosive device planted near an Iraqi police checkpoint on a Baghdad highway injured four policemen and two civilians.	(see below)	5
Then, while an ambulance was carrying one of the wounded policemen, it was fired on by a US helicopter, resulting in the death of the injured policeman and the wounding of the ambulance's driver and doctor, said the eyewitnesses.	1	1
#4: A second explosive device went off outside a currency exchange center near Antar Square in the Baghdad district of al-Azamiya. The number of casualties in this explosion is not yet known.
Meanwhile, in Baghdad proper, five officers were injured when a roadside bomb detonated in the Adhamiyah district in the north of the city. No-one was killed, a interior ministry official said.		5
#5: Meanwhile a third explosive device was detonated outside the Nidaa Mosque in northern Baghdad. There were no initial reports about casualties in the attack.
#6: Two U.S. soldiers were killed when their patrol was struck by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said in a statement.			2
Bound and blindfolded bodies of 12 men - most of them shot in the head - were found Saturday in the Tigris River Saturday. Besides, three more bodies were discovered Saturday - one in Baghdad and two in Kifil in Hillah province south of the capital. Police made the gruesome discovery of the 12 corpses in Suwayrah, 40 kilometers south of Baghdad, at one of the metal grills fixed in the river to block weeds and plants from floating downstream.	15
Police also found 15 other bullet-riddled bodies of men who had been handcuffed and blindfolded in six neighborhoods throughout the Baghdad area, police Lt. Mohammed Khayoun said.	(see above)
Baqubah:
#1: Gunmen killed Police Captain Nuri Juad in the al- Mualemin district of Baquba, a town 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.	1
#2: Seven policemen were wounded in a roadside bomb targeting their patrol in Baquba, police said.		7
#3: Two civilians also died by drive-by shootings in the town.	2
Dinwaniya:
#1: Gunmen assassinated a member of Iraqi intelligence in front of his home in Diwaniya, 180km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.	1
Mahmudiya:
#1: Gunmen attack a police station in Mahmudiya, a town 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad. Two of the assailants were detained after they were injured in the assault.		2
Basra:
#1: In the southern city of Basra, a bomb exploded Saturday at a shop selling CDs featuring sermons and interviews of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Two people were killed and four were wounded, police said.	(see below)	4
A bomb exploded near a market in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding two, police sources said. Iraqiya state television said the bomb exploded inside an electronics shop.	3	(see above)
Samawa:
#1: Gunmen assassinated Nabil Ghaithan, director of the post office for the Muthanna district, while he was in his car in Samawa, 270 km (168 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.	1
Amarra:
#1:
In Amara, a town in the mainly Shiite southern region which suffered greatly under ousted Iraqi leader  Saddam Hussein's regime, unidentified gunmen killed two former members of his Baath party. One victim, an irrigation engineer, was killed west of the town in a drive-by shooting as he headed for work. The second, a teacher, was gunned down by an assassin on a motorcycle, police said.	2
Balad:
#1:  Police said they had found the bodies of two civilians shot in the head and chest in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad.	2
Hilla:
#1: South of the city, a clan chieftain was murdered by unidentified gunmen in Hilla	1
Iskandariya:
#1: In a separate incident on Saturday, a store owner was seriously injured when an explosive device detonated at a market in Iskandariya, 60 kilometres south of Baghdad.		1
#2: while a grocer was shot dead in Iskandiriyah, police said.	1
Ramadi:
#1:  The United States military said it had killed 26 rebels on Friday night after coming under fire from several locations in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, west of Baghdad. Marines and soldiers ... were attacked at multiple locations with rocket-propelled grenades, medium machinegun fire and small arms fire from buildings targeting outposts in the northwest portion of the city," it said in a statement on Saturday. Six insurgents were wounded and there were no U.S. casualties in the fighting, said the military.	26	6
Al Qassem:
#1: Earlier, security sources had reported that unidentified gunmen travelling in two cars Saturday killed an Iraqi clan leader in a drive-by shooting in Qassem, 130 kilometres south of Baghdad. The sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that the killers had targeted Sheikh Nazem Assal al-Janabi as he left his home in Qassem. The gunmen opened intense fire on the Sheikh's car, killing him instantly and then fled the scene of the attack.	1
Mosul:
#1: Gunmen killed two civilians in al-Masarif district in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.	2
#2: A sniper attacked a police patrol, killing one officer and wounding another in Mosul, police said.	1	1
IRAQ TOTALS	70	35	2	0
AFGHANISTAN LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	AFGHANI DEAD	AFGHANI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
Saturday, August 12, 2006
#1: Three soldiers and one civilian were also wounded in the battle in Waygal district of Nuristan province Friday, said Col. Tom Collins, a chief U.S. spokesman. They were later taken by helicopter to a military hospital for treatment.		1		3
#2: Separately, a highway police commander was killed by a blast on his way to work in eastern Lagman province, said Interior Ministry spokesman Yousef Stanezai. The commander patrolled a major road between Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, which hug the Pakistan border, the spokesman said, offering no further details.	1
#3: An explosion also occurred outside a NATO base in Kabul early Saturday. No one was injured in the blast, said Maj. Toby Jackman, spokesman for the NATO-led force. It was unclear if it was a bombing or rocket attack by insurgents.
#4: Another NATO soldier was seriously wounded in fighting with suspected Taliban fighters in neighboring Helmand province.				1
#5: A British soldier has been killed in an accident in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. He was servicing a vehicle at a military base in Helmand province at the time and the MoD said a full investigation will be held.			1
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS	1	1	1	4
ALL IN A SINGLE DAY - Daily News Log
Dead and Wounded in Both Wars, military and civilian
Daily News Log	Total deaths reported, all nationalities, both wars	Total wounded reported, all nationalities, both wars	Total dead and wounded reported, all nationalities, both wars
31-Aug-06			0
30-Aug-06			0
29-Aug-06			0
28-Aug-06			0
27-Aug-06			0
26-Aug-06			0
25-Aug-06			0
24-Aug-06			0
23-Aug-06			0
22-Aug-06			0
21-Aug-06			0
20-Aug-06			0
19-Aug-06			0
18-Aug-06			0
17-Aug-06			0
16-Aug-06			0
15-Aug-06			0
14-Aug-06			0
13-Aug-06			0
12-Aug-06	74	40	114
11-Aug-06	37	7	44
10-Aug-06	133	176	309
9-Aug-06	58	77	135
8-Aug-06	59	87	146
7-Aug-06	47	97	144
6-Aug-06	95	57	152
5-Aug-06	39	38	77
4-Aug-06	88	52	140
3-Aug-06	127	118	245
2-Aug-06	86	48	134
1-Aug-06	81	66	147
Totals, August 2006	924	863	1787
Daily average, August 2006	77	72	149